Candied-Orange Wafers

Name: Candied-Orange Wafers
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Makes 12 to 14 cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup minced candied orange zest; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 2 large egg whites; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; Silpat or Exopat nonstick pad

August 20, 2004

(Teules de Taronja)

These crisp cookies are shaped like the terra-cotta roof tiles, teules (tejas in Castilian Spanish), that top village houses—old and new—throughout Spain. Almonds are a common ingredient in Catalan cookies, but we took another cue from the Moors and added candied orange.

Cooks' note:

• Handle these cookies carefully, as they are fragile. Cookies keep in an airtight container 5 days.

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